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    Signs of the times 8/5

    When I was a kid, one of the mechanical marvels in the kitchen was the cream separator. In that area, it was normal for every farm to have perhaps a half dozen cows that were hand-milked. They weren't particularly productive. They thought a 5 gallon can per week was enough. Hauled to the...
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    John Deere A200 Series Cultivator for Unstyled A

    I have to say that's beautiful artwork. All the line work to give a 3-d effect and shading.
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    HotRod

    If you put 12 volts to it, you may have cooked the points. Does it produce sparks? I often used a 12volt trouble light to act as a temporary resister. Maybe a bench test of the distributor might reveal something. Install clean spark plugs. If the valves are stuck open, no compression. If...
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    Is this a Fordson Major diesel and what year is it?

    Reconfigured Fordsons were built in Spain as EBRO for some time after 1964. However, I don't know of any that were exported. Probably embargoed.
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    Saturday Railway 20/7

    Boy! I sure hope they don't load that over 1/3 of the proof-test load. https://www.facebook.com/lakesuperiorrailroadmuseum/videos/railroad-museum-tour-37-wrecker-crane/3193605677325012/
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    Thursday Rail Wagons 18/7

    If towed by oxen, the word Bullocky applies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullocky After he came to Minnesota, my grandfather used oxen to skid saw logs out of the forest for the logging company.
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    Thursday Rail Wagons 18/7

    The wagons who met the trains and delivered packages were in every town. My grandfather drove one in his youth. Called Drays, or Drayman. Using catalog code words, you could order a part using barely one word. Telegrams charged by the word. Delivery from the warehouse was usually overnight...
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    Details from the Royal Train 18/7

    The motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" ('Evil to him who evil thinks'), symbolises the Order of the Garter, an ancient order of knighthood of which the Queen is Sovereign. The words are French in origin: "shamed be whoever thinks bad of it”. Sounds like the middle finger to the peons.
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    Grapes of Wrath

    Some of the younger collectors call these old 1930's cars, GOW cars, or Grapes of Wrath Cars from the Steinbeck novel. This my grandfather's outfit with his kids and a few others. He had 7. The guy on the left is my 16 yr old father. The guy on the right is I think the new tenant. They...
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    Friday Tractor 12/7

    I would have liked to have found one of those. My dad's uncle and aunt lived near Charles City, Iowa. His name was Oliver, and his wife was Olive. Their first tractor was an Oliver 60. I always had a soft spot for SAME tractors, but they don't show up very often. Agco Allis also had some...
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    Friday Tractor 12/7

    I thought they were just re-badged FIATs.
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    Wednesday Tractor 10/7

    It vaguely resembles the Avery Model V, but many start-up companies tried the small tractor market after WWII and didn't survive for very long. An example is the Waterloo Bronco. Others that did a bit better were the Gibson and the Economy/Power King. Allis Chalmers had their odd little Model G.
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    Wednesday Harvester 2 10/7

    That's not the way a combine works a wheat field...
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    Advice Needed: Buying a Tracked Dozer with Winch for 60 Acres - Budget Under $15k

    I started out as a detail drafter at Allis Chalmers in Springfield, Illinois, so I have a soft spot for them. The old timers told me that farm work was the easiest there was. Steel mill and arctic work was really hard on them. We didn't build the small farm crawlers, I think Milwaukee did...
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    Thursday Tractor Extra 2 4/7

    There's one of these in a nearby salvage yard. Don't know how it got here. I'd think it's a hopeless project with not another one for parts in the whole USA??
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